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I ! t 1 f I f I ri i i ; a t v i I j HAS TUB ! I. A I: O !,ST ' I K C r L AT I O N i" THL j f hi K 1 iv'';-;a7-'. a' y,urj! cauousa. otateLibrarjr CAS -A- IFOIHSTTJER. Wr p notl ovrr VbO".' c5jMM ia 1VC V rjprct to pnot and c ir r uiate A MILLION lOriCS Dunn? tie r'f nt rear. -L NO VOL. XII GOLDSHOKO, X. C, THURSDAY, MAKCH 15, 1894. NO. UO. CAU IAN i i ,t I ,',TS A STP.CNG LETTER ON THE t E T '. N LAW NO ELECT. ON MET HOLS. .It. V f AM :.". ( ollltli (III-!.- (HI I.I) II W h I! II N !" MUM II .i III l M VI l V k i:ki i ii i ' .ln-li.-e A very' !' -! At'"l ' ii,n -ii-e ami llolv VI i it as tue I" -i" I .! mid to li-lr.on III' ' lloe ho not .it- I In- ! nox rat i lii k. I---A n A -n al I 'mi I In- VV ' Mil. Kim'ImIl :- In-t f'.vi- ye;irs ao I -a rut.- a l'-ti r to tin- A -.tti v , 1 i.- l jen condemning til'- K'eCtloII lit a w Inch had tn '-ii Lci.' i-d;it un- !' 1 1 iiri i I lii-.-i- w ord -, : "It I ! Il'' 1 11" ! l"ll tiiintn oil i raud. and ,t:,d da-g-ro-' i i vv-r t I'illV. Uli'l ill V !''- 1' ! Ii v tin 111 tli.it i' tt -I kiw) jeits a ('- t-.-1 iirhitrarv - in tin- n -d-ral inteil'er- (lire. in- t in- date nf I hut 1 1 1 i- ii !'. publican 'iiiim -.-.-; has nnd and j' ii!i-i! ti i.-i-.s i tn- Lodge bill: a I ' in m rutii- in ltic-.s has 1 1' i I and .-.in-- - I in p.-i.s-i nr tin- Tnc k r hi!!, which .iv.i-' jis from tin- Federal stat ii t'-.- cu-rv v e.-t ige of law which m.i ki-.-Iinhcrv in elections a crime or which i 1 1 1 ! j .- --i penalities iiji-iii tram! and -.;i j-1 ; jui! ;tt th- poll.-,; in fact the m ji '.il nf al I penalties on bribery and Co! motion in ! c! inn-is tin-on I v act il' g m ral importance on which tin present Democratic Congress has lict-n 1 otii'-r iin-.!i'iii. South a iv iiii'- i aiinnan v and t li !c.v.i y di v nleil. Mine tin- date i Snpreine ( 'oni t ha t hat letter our e Mi?! rued tin iii w election law ainl their leci.-doii in the case of Harris vs. Scarhoro, N. '., Hep. ll, pug.- x':;o, ives the i;.--lai s powers much more arm train and dangerous and hor ihle, than ! hud suppo.-ed t hat law would war rant. 1 wish to make some comments on that ih-cisio!' in lanmiae as iv.-pect-i'ul as tin-case wili permit, .imlge Avery delivering the opinion id' tin court . I udge.s lark ;l-.d Iavisdis eeiitin,r (ieclat'es in suiistance thai it the Keitrar maki-si a defective reyifttiatioii ot the voter, it I;: 'lliK JVC 1.1 ol 1IIK VoIKR AM NoT I ii i; f.vi l.J K 'Mil-: t;r.o i.vriiA u ; Mid th;it the voter so registered is ilis'pialitieil Iroin voting, tiiat the votes of all pei.-ons improperly registered must he thrown out ;md not counted, tli;tt the Keginirar i:i sucli t-as' s is not to lilame, hut (he "frosts carelessness 01 the inr-xcusable ignorance of the voU-r." The importance of this decision will he understood when 1 state us 1 do from personal exaiiiinai ion of the registration hooks in the '.ttii (Jon e ret.sional Disiriets, that there are m this district to-day twenty-live thous and voters disl rnnelused out of a Un it i of about thirty tlireethousaul vo ters on the lists. The names or pla ces of hirth, or places of resilience, are improperly recorded mid under the decision tiny cannot legally vote unless they are registered again in strict compliance with the rtnuire nients of the act of lSS'J. As it now stands the Mayor of this city cannot vote because his name is put do a" n "T. . I'atton" instead oi Thomas V. I'atton." The Chairman of the T.oard oi f'ountv 'oinniissioners cannot vote, for two reasons : 1. He is registered as "J. K. liankin" instead or ".!. Kiiirene liankin." X'. ilecause his a place of birth is put down as "Tenn essee" without giving the county or town when. he was lioni. "Z. T. Vance" cannot vote, although he is known by that name at least among his neighbeirs in Black .Mountain township, and has voted under that iiiunt uiiciiullciigcil j'oi- forty-four years. ovv, its a matter of fact and of conlniein sense, whose fault is it that twenty-live thousand men in this dis trict are improperly registered ; thev presented ttieinselves personally to the Kegistrar, answered all his ques tion and took the oath which he ad ministered, and yet they are no more ui le to votv inaii a oeuiiuiuary con vict. Judge ( lark in his dissenting opinion says the Wegistrar is sworn iinu .aid lo do ins duty, that it is his business to make the registration full and siiilicieiit unless the votei wilfully refuses Ui arnwer hi pies tions, tuat if the law requires an of ficer to do a thing it is his duty to do it right. ow in the light of common sense," which, is right, J udge Avery or Judge Clark 'i if a register of vleeds improperlv rtigisUiJ u deed, is it his fault or the fault of the Jilau who presents the deed for registration r JSo nlau is tti lowed to lose the title to his land hy such an error of the Ijegister oi heeds; then why should he lose his vote, by such an error of the Kegis trar of Flection ? VliHt'iuocker of t'ue rights of a fr-emmi to put him through the form of registering, ask him a series oi personal questions, administer a sol emn oath u him snd fiend him away thinking that he is vested with the high pnvihge of the elective fran chise w hen reallv his oath on the Jioly Kvangeiisu of 'Almighty God s a Vftiu farce, a blasphemy of the laws of Clod and a mockery of the right of man ! ft is expressly provided in the 20lh chapter of the Took of Exodus, "Thou shult Hot take the name oi the Lord thy iod in vain, for the Lord will not bold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain," yet Judge Avery holds the Kegistrar guiltless tlthough he taketh the name if the Lord his (iod in vain every time he administers a worthless oath to a credulous voter. If it were merely a difference of opinion between Just ce Avery and Justice Clark the jii.htioii miyl.t fctili he in doul.t, bnt Wtlfll it COIIlCs tl till Ojlllll'ill li .1 ii.-ti'e A t rv aam.-t the uiuini.iVi 1 of Aiiniu.'ht v iol. the weight if ;uith. nt tj ail -uch as U- devoutlv ' .tli'l levej.'iillv ii.clii.vd willheiv-! en to the ht't'-r. j I am glu.il io tee that even the pur- j ti.-an iiiajoritv of the 'oiiiinitt e on lli-.(:tiOll.-. ill the Jill-Sell: 1 . Iliocr.ltlC ' Mie'ies.- in the contested ca-e i f U i!l,u;is s. Settle liave la the Ia.-t Ctir- few wei ks. by a vote of I '.I to taimd Judge Clark and di-approved of Judge- Avery, giving Settle sone three handled Votes of A hi h he had been deprived under the d'ci.-ion. i'liil. of cour.-.e. we in .Sort .nolma 1 lnn.-t abide bv Judge A! V .- lieel- sion uiitii li io revei'ceil by tin- !( ipieine C..u!t, or until the Jnlg'. i w ho concurred in that opinion are ! ueleai.ed at t he 1 .i .. ti,.. .. . l! -i,iiiciiiii:iig iii.- iiiM.i'ii,, w t.-icn was h;iij! it i reiiiiukubl. led do Mi in .viarch, J S'.rt, .1 ude Avery declare Willi itppaAlil iliil Ve!e thai tile volei.- .vill hikVe ample lime mi t'l ' -iier i ei; i.-t rations to hie ;tti Ci 'I rect i il he- foie tin- en.-uing e-iei-tiou, aed 1 1 learned .Judge gives this coiiiforting u ram-.- w it h iiit apparently con-id Ti.v that the volume contitiliini! i liat "pinion would not be p'lhiiatied lor many months thereaiter, and without sii.-pectiiig Cat Mr. Sim inons would be able to spring it.-.-taitling provisions like a thuude--bolt on the eve ui election, w heu tin-lir.-t notice to the- ignorant votei would be "iven by the oi his vote. J lie truth is our people disregard ed boiii the Siipn nie (MMirt and Mr. Miiiiiiiiin' secret circular, and went aioiiii in the old fashioned way jusi a if nothing had happened: but it will not be safe to U) this again, w might, as well re;ili.e light now thai in order to sec nr." voted for Senator iiansoni this drastic and elastic elec tion law will be stretched from tin. 1 51 ue. lodge to the Smoky Mountain? aiid that no ignorant man is safe unless he gets some friend learned in the law to go with him bodily be fore the Kegislrar auu tee that ihei is st Net compliance with all tin tei hnicalities of the law. Now our people have stood a grea! many unpleasant things for a great uianv years on account of "I he ap peal of our Brethren in the Last,' Ae huve not failed to note during this time that the surest I cmocrati counties in the State are those with the heaviest negro population while Kdgecomb, .Northampton and Mew Hanover are rolling up Democratic majorities by the thousands and Hal ifax is successfully contending for the Democratic Banner, it would neither be unreasonable nor surpris ing if on some line frosty morning in .November "the appeal of our Brethren in the East" should be con verted into "the appeal of our Breth ren in the West." nay into the light eous demand of honest men all ovei the State in favor of election laws se plain and simpie that they need no judicial construction and in favor ot that local sell government which wili not tolerate any non-elective inter medial y between the people and the ollicers who tax and govern them. KlLUMO.Np l'KAlttoX. Tin: 1)111 NK III KSIKIN. A New York minister of the f-ospel has recently thrown his congrega tion into ijuite a tumult -by declaim ing almost violently, iu n sermon, against the piinciple of prohibition. His argument is that the word tern peiate means moderate, aiid that the prohibitionist is as far from beiuy temperate as the continued drunk ard, on the principle that neither the uorth or south poles the two extre mes are in the temperate zones, lie further argues that the use of wine, or strong drink, is distinctly perruitteed in Holy Wilt, but the abuse of it is, of course, condemn ed. It is somewhat startling, truly, to tiud a gentleman of the cloth defend ing even the use of liquor, but we have uo eloubt the clergyman referr ed to does so from purely conscien tious motives. The gentleman very logically and truth fully de tines tem perance. It certainly deies not mean not drinking at all, any more than it means habitual di nkeiiuess. It is a great mistake, however, and unite an unchristian thought, to believe that all men who drink are necessarily great sinners. We mean those who drink moderately. The great evil of the liquor hbit, ami the one which has cVcated its most hitter enemies, is its abuse to such an extent as to rob men of all reason and human seriii;n"Ut- There can bt nothing but universal contempt for the man who neglects his family and his business, for tUe sake of drink. Such men should never be allowed to htve it. But how often do we land thor oughly respectable, honest, noble hearted ineu, good and geuerout home providers hard workers, shrewd iu business, great in natural abilities, popular in social circles, who occasionally, perhaps too often, take rather too much at' their clubs, at their homes or at lhn homes ot friends.' Perhaps some festive acca sien, a birthday, a reception, ban quet, ball or other function may be the cause of their indiscretion,' but neither their faniils nor society are injured by the act. Best assured that the ch;et sutter er ou such occasious is the man him self. He is very jolly that night, but oh. what a difference in the morn ing! He gets all the punishment Ins indiscretion calls for in the shape of trembling uerven, a racking head ache and a bosom full of remorse. He is really more an object of pity than of censure, and instead of con demning him one ought to seek to re lieve him. How many thousands of gentle men have fouud the wonderfully quick power of Dr. Miles' liestora tive Nervine in such eases! A single dose in the morning almost immedi ately steadies the nerves and cools the brain, leaving the head perfectly clear for business. lHKACIIKIi AM) A LAWYKK .lfl H ON KFTAIN inn II- AM t. M T II t M I ' I II lf.lUAU. 1 fi-y tf illi lr. 'I li'inio ,hl Arli'li-. ami lfl-u ml tllf lllyfll Til l"l H-ni ll i'. . 11- A ltu lin - I.- S; i-i -.-.I ti The i. .m.'.n T. V I.OKSV II.I.K, X. '., Feb. -Mh, I S'.-1. Let us applaud Dr. Thompson for hi- courage. -us and nianlv di-lei.-e of th - ballot box in his contribution to voiir columns ot the 1 1 -1 - In I'iciilv de.-'-rves the thanks of t ,.rv ' true man in tin Nate. David I'aul Brown has !-ft on record 27 rule . hich he calls the Kthics of the bar, and which one recognized as ?uch by all honorable rnembi i- of the b-al pro', si"n. Dr. Thoinp--oii's production epitonr'-d should be cut wiili point of burning geld in the hear ami .-llect of everv i arolitiian. -elu-e of th Hen- I he very quaint es ethics rm i, or which shouY goverti, the elector and i he ballot box olliceis, is clearly pointed out. If this liepuldic, of 'vh'ch we boast, has an eye to see, brain- to think on, a heart to feel, it is all in the ballot box. To slrike it the life of a crowned rnoiiarvh, is high f reason. The life of on r match- h-ss Bepublie, is not represented in 'he person of any potentate. Our President is only an honored servant of tin- people. To kill even the la mented Lincoln -was only murder. No estate of the culprit was forfeit d, and no blood tainted, as is the case in the crime of li i irh treason And, Mr. Editor, why is this? It is -imply because no ollicial here .tan oe the embodiment of national life. We have no sole representatives of power here. Every citizen is, in a sense, a little king. The idea at the bottom of our system is the equal listribution of power among all our iti.eu electors. This national life an c illy be felt through the ballot box. The ballot box should be as -acred as the Ark of the Covenant. I'he hand that, touches it without 'he sanction of law should be wither ed by all the pains and penalties vvhich attaches to fhe crime of high treason. Vet in Xorth Carolina we have never heard a Judge instruct a irand Jury on the subject at all. The only cases in all the opinions of our Supreme Court in vvhich the characters of the act of a failure of a Kegistrar or other oUieer at the ballot box to perform his duty, is noticed ut all (which we can now le- 'iillj is' in the cases ox lie Berry vs. Nicholson, 10;! X. C, ami the dis senting opinion of Mr. Justice Clarke n Harris vs. Scarbo -o, 110, X. C Kepoi Ls. The late lamented Chief ! lusiice Smith in the former, and Justice Clarke in his dissenting opin ion, give us the information that for Tie w ilful neglect of t heir duties, the illicers holding an election may b indicted. High treason is flie most h famous of all crimes; because ii strikes out the Xation'a life. In a nepubiic, founded upon the popular will, the most dangerous assaults that can be made upon its X'ational lite is upon the ballot box. And yet m these opinions, valuable as. tht are to the duu.uuv' the negligence and wilful refusal of a Registrar or other oUieer (to perform a duty) is nily stated to be indie-table, although it may result iu depriving the elector of the right to contribute to the popular wili force that governs the country. In these times of startling iudiffeieiice to this great question, all honor is due to the memory of Chief Justice Smith, and to Justice Clarke in his said dissenting opinion for teaching us that such is a crime at ill. Hear Judge Claike in his own language, "the Kegistrar is the offi cer of the Juvy. Tie ia appointed to make inquiries and set down the re plies. Wheu in repose to the inqu ires as to the place of birth, the elector in good faith, and thinking iie had complied with all tht was required of him, responded 'Xorth Carolina,' he was guilty of no dis- obediance of law or other set vvhich deprived him of his ngnt to' vote. If the response was not sulVicientlv detinue, the representative of the iaw, the K' tdstrni", duly appointed, sworn and paid to perform the duty -T taking the registration, should nave usked the elector to respond more particularly. Any other view, it would seein, would make Hiu registration of voters not in impartial observance of regula tions to protect the election fran chise and lo prevent frunds upon it, OUt Vi Oii Id furnish opportunities w hen by the trusting, tba miwearv, the unskilled on the ignorant would be deprived of their constitutional j right ot exercising the right of vot I mg." The guide book siit out by our brethren, i say brethren because Jefferson said "We are calleel by dif ferent names brethren of the same principle," called and known as the .simmous letter wouid have sent out a much purer iiitluence by. it im bibed more of tue spirit of this dis senting opinion ot Judge Clarke, The registration laws nd the duties of the Kegistrar thus constrained do indeed tend to the protection of the ballot box. B,ut if nothing more appeared to the Kegistrar than the information furnished by that secret contideutial Simmons letter in a time of great 'political excitement, then indeed these laws only serve as a fuare and a trap by which the hon- est unsuspecting patriot nifty be de- privtd or a constitutional T . i 1 right. Under the influence of such teach ing what iudeed would in a few years be the condition of affa:rs iu our beloved old State. That disor der, confusion, aud blood-shed will siKirj iolliiw no rt!;cctin: unv.u can tlouhf. With a well rot-cUl hallot hix, our H.rtt-ui is inilet-I "the wori-i c tiest Hoik-. e shouM snuii an d C'lhdrnn: the ver aifUtarabce of thi hli'tjl!!,j: ei!. To steal a jota-j is larteiiv. To roh a citii n of i tie I; his birthright, to jh im the spring heads of on i national life, to strike down the only barrier Iw-tween hum an iilierty ai d derp,. ti-m is often laughed at as a sharp trick, to!er;tt id, excised itiid often j'istitie I by our blind partisan b-etiiren of tin demands so called. The dav will cme, if on ln-pub'iic lives, w hen such citizens (like Judge Clarke in i Lis dis.-etitiii'' opinion to Harris i v.-. Scarb. ro. endeavoring to compel registrars to recognize that the la imposts obligations up m thcuO will in- recognized as the only true cham pion of human liberty, who tries to suppress election frauds, lie who finally s'amps out this crowning vil liany of the are will rank as a re former with Washington, Luthei and 1 iarrington. Even Henry Watterson in address ing the representatives of foreign powers at Chicago conceeded that .. jluis new form of corruption vva- now above the danger line, but he appeared to take some consolation from the fact that it obtained in illiterate sections only and that with expanding intelligence this most dangerous form of corruption would be forced h-dow the danger mark. It is hard to bring our minds to the belief thai any political organization in Xorth Carolina does tolerate this new and dangerous form of corrup tion as Watterson culled it. We are among those who believe that no one should allege that it exists, unless it can be or has been show n to exist. In the report of the congressional committee in the contested election case between W'ilianis and Settle just out, it is found that out of nine precincts set aside and not counted at all by the canvassing hoards, each and eveiy one gave Settle a majority ovfr Williams. A jury of impartial and rrue men would hesitate a long time before they could vindicate such conduct, if it should be shown in evidence that the election was al most altogether in the haul's of Democratic agencies; and no fault was found except where the people voted against that organization's in terest. To Dr. Thompson we would say, write on glorious old patriot! May (iod spare your dear brain, and strong arm for still greater useful ness in the approaching contest. This subject overshadows all others. Until it is settled and the ballot made sacred no line of political thought need be discussed. All who are not dead to this paramount issue, however rr.uoh they may differ on other questions, are political com rades at eihow touch, lie who would call a halt, or divide the foroesi, who are now miaV t0 iist a3 valiant workers in this greatest of all civil contests, is no patriot and is a foe to the rights of men, A Pi:EA '11 Eli AND A LawVEK. STOCK KAISING AM) I'AIlMIXti, A 1. 0-! I.tnioir County Farm ami One That Has lrv'l I'roiitahU'. (New Berne Journal.) The Kinton Free Press says that Mr. W. L. Kennedy, of Lenoir coun ty, carried off the honors at the horsebreeders sale at Kaieigh last week. I lorsebreeders were there from Kentucky a-j well as various places in Xorth Carolina, but he secured the best prices. He soid a lilly lb" months old for .f--iOO, one 10 months old for $:500, one :ii months old for 30, and a mare four years old for $3Sf. The animals were beauties or they would not have brought such good prices. This beats 7 cent cotton and. shows that as tine borsej OUu be raised in Lenoir county as anywhere, if our people will only try. We are pleased at Mr. Kennedy's success. It gives the Journal much pleasure to note such success in stock raising, because with our mild and even climate there is no reason why XortU Carolina should not only raise her own stock, but really become au ex- i porter. This is not a cotton State, but for the eudtivrttion of grains and jjra-ises there is no better locality than iu Eastern Xorth Carolina, Mr. Kennedy is a thorough farmer in addition to his interest in stock raising, rront nis earliest days lie t has been uoted for his lare and beautiful cotton ud grain farm carefully laid off and admirably till ed. Xot ouly does Mr. Kennedy con t'inue'to improve his already magni licent farm, but be has clearly proven tt hat it pays to farm on the improved daus. His latins re kept iu a. high 1 state c,f cultivation, his nnues, horses and oxen are splendid anim.U to loots ut. He keeps a large number. of line bred cows for dairying pur poses, from vvhich the best of milk and butter is obtained, both for tbo market and home consumption. A few of the farmers of Craven county have adopted these plans that Mr. Kennedy has pursued, but we wish to see men of them do likewise tUKi more properly carry out that to vvhich our soil and climate is best adapted aud which has proyoa to be the most profitable. NOTICE- If any of our subscribers are fail ing to get the paper on the same week it is published they will confer a favor by letting us -know, giving us the route over which the same i reaches them. If on Star routes give us the railroad office from which it starts and days and hour of leaving. We desire this information that we may endeavor to adopt some plan by which we can reach all of our read ers the week of publication, Marion Butlkr. ! I I'lll KI TTl.lt O I M II4I. ;'larIotte 'bsr rv r. ! illlK 111 MlK IHl (UM.IIATI I Ul II Xothiujr Kir.ce Our Xoble Order! iroMiu.miMMiti i-iui-im. Hent into johuee has it bro with srlorv so wreathed in latent achievement. In its ntent glorious j Career it has aspired so many aspira tions, it has achieved so many a hie1 veni"nts,it has accomplish d so titan v accomplishments, it has scintillat ed so uian v i:iiitillatioiis, that a com plete ami exhaustive category of the w hole outfit would be too volumin- ous to mention. A few laurel reaths, however, may be hinted at, leaving the reader with an extra gap-. the handful of leisure to till in all our Aooie ruer has given it v-tt ii world the sub-Treassury scheme a sy.-tein of pol tical philosophy at once pungent, potent, and fragrant with the aromatic: of old mown hay; it has scut the Sock less to the lower house of Congress with orders to sock it to both Democracy and Rep ublicanism, without discriminating much in favor of Republicanism; it has substituted, in the Senate, a set of Eoliiin harp w hiskers for a scin tillating brain with a redj neck-tie: it bung a Happing petticoat to its flagstaff and sent Sister Mary Helen Lease llitting through,the South flop ping it in the face of the Southern Democracy, yelling "in hoc signo," and things like that (In Hoc Signo is at present writ ting, we are reliab ly informed, lying up for repairs it has been expressed, post-paid, to Mr. Lease with orders to wash the i--nog stains out of it the next time h washes the baby's overclothes and other clothes too iusigiiilieant to mention in a production of this or der.) Our Xoble Order has pro iluced one of the most remarkable (lovernors of the centuiy, he of Col orado, whose highest ambition is to ride in blood up to l;is horde's bridle (very few, even of our best Govern ors, are capable of such rank, mephi tic, gimpsonsweed aspirations as that); Our Xoble Order has retired from the Senate of tho United .states: from the State of Calhoun and Ilayne, a man who gave the bvs: efforts of his life for the preserva tion of the liberties of his State, as he believed, aud in his place has put a man who tries to kill cabmen whec he gets drunk; in the sajne, -State it has subverted one of the fundamen tal principles of freedom and ad mits spies into men's cities, into the very hoiv of holies of the home. These be some of the diamonds that sparkle in the Populist diadem But lustrous as they are they fade into rhine g ton en compared to the last crowning towering, climax cap ping, dazzling, begenjnKd achieve ment of the Populist jKtrty, to wit; sending S. O. Wilson over the State of North Carolina telling its farmers how to ship eggs Oh, transcendent undertaking; oh, super human en deavor! What a source of wealth egg-shipping will now become to the agriculturalists of Xorth Carolina! With prophetic vision, we look into the futuro and ee, at no great dis tance, ey ether our State st tided with the country mansions of hen-fruit millionaires! And when announce ment of this eggsciting news makes our barnyard welkins ring what a stimulus it will be to our heii3 to lay ! The very k ocwJedge that their best efforts will be sent to market under the S. 0. Wilson method wili incite the hens of this section to such unprecedented activity that they will have to be requested not to over-exert themselves. Who knows but what eggd shipped by the S. 0. Wilson process may come high, and the farmers be- enabled to et a corner on cg;gs to form the Tar Heel Trust, thus avenging themsel ves for being ground down by the to bacco trust and the other concerns of this character and disposition. Oh, w hat a glorious day is coming by the time S. O. Wilson gets through with his egg-shippiug tour! By the the time, posterity comes ou, every faru house will haiVe. upon its walls a portrait f ruined in a frame of gold en egg-shells the portrait of a ben efactor, the great (Fjclooniteish chief and egg-shipper, S. O Wilson,. This is a pleasant picture. Would that we could alUw it to hang there uiidispoi.led. But Sulphuretted Ovuru Wilson, (some times spoken of as S. Otha or Sotho,) must be shown up. He is dealing in eggs, biit not as he represents. Ie's the great Al liance lacivvitrir, lyvery where he '4P a"P3 au egg an addled Al liance egg ot discard, with its yoik of stiife, its white of discontent and its shell of agitation And after awhile these e-gg will hatoh. After dvbii under the poisonous in 11 iwuce (of this arch incubator, these eggs j witl cub'ite. All over the State uiHre win ue a. popping, popping, popping aud little ugly, nasty, long- K-ggt'd, hali-ffedged, pop-?yeU chicks of hate and, aiurder and spite and anarchy will break loose. And they'li growr fist aud large and ug lier and dangerous. Ijook out for I Sulphuretted Ovum WTIson! Look out for t be e,gs he s shipping. 1 hey are rotten ! Newberii ONtrU-t OuirtelY Meeting. F. I. Sw indell, F. U. Morehead City, Mrrch 20-21. Beaufort March 22-23. Straits, at Springfield March 24 23. Grifton at Gum Swamp March 31. April 1st Goldsboro ct. Pine Forest April St. Johns, April 7-8. LaGrauge,' Betnel, April 14-15. St. Paul s, April 15. Carterest ct. Bryces, April 21-22. Hancock St., April 22. Mt. Olive ct. Indian Springs, April 28-29 I'MTKDWK STAND. lIMIMII!in III IH'IMllV. Tl" "' ul "s hu-h Th nj,., v int iiiiiv rmirrionul Iho rllaium liln-rt.. itl Kljliu. a,., A t. s 1..-S. .. l:ul. r. Ihuiui'xiu ana llir Inwar.l l'ruiu.IOiK .f our -ir ..ii. I it ulrO (.iur.il4ii. - lhr t.n-.l U of frr-M-rtaluni lhmK.t.at II, r ..l,..uli I'Atly l 1'uiiiiiirmlalii- l.n. (Shh UI ('or to I at ("o . .-: . We have to congratulate our D.-ni-etcratic friends on their unity ot pur jxise and diversity of opinion. Their purpose is one; their principles i;i,i:n. XeVer a ivc iu any ..uart-.i' of tin globe- b.ars each a v.uetv of :!oer. and fruit. We have ou the iur;f! question high protective Democrats; and auti protective Democrats; two; Aiuds. On the linaucial question ! free coinage Democrats and goldbugi Democrats, anti-national bank D-m- j oc rats and pro-national bank Demo-j crats; four kinds. We have bi-met-I allists of all ratios. On t .e income j tax, two kinds for and against. N i e have lK-mocrats believing and! confessing everv article of i.oini.-.-il r ---- - - .... V w faith ever promulgated in American polities; and those professing dia metrically opposite op;nijus are just as honest and just as good Demo crats as any. And liu man is ever read out of tjie party for the pecu liarity of his fait h As Dr. Cy Thompson relit- that thousands of Deui-crals are honest in their principles and even venlv believe th-y arc doing :h--ir dut. cheating and dei rami nig a, the bal lot. bo. S.OHl-1 MOM., o, .....1 ,. I... I , ... ......... ... t.nu it -roiu the sentiment. We praise and laud to the skies their generous liberality in allowing every man to confess and profess ail policies and all princi ples. Xot having any ten.uble ones p -culiar to the parly it elf every man can be iirictly honest aud a good party man let his faith be ever so variable. This is liberality ; this is magmuumity. If the chuicii would adopt this plan and fellowship hea thens, Mohaniadeiu, Moimon.s, Prot estants and Romans w would soon have to look for the niilleiiiuni and all would be quite honest. May be this unity in diversity is. the verv thing ti.o world has been groaning for, lo, these many centuries! Well, cannot ail men be honest and yet diversify '? Certainly. ihey Can have unity, too, on quite a different plane and on quite a dif ferent question ; that is to say the questfou of ollice. If this is the strongest bond of union why not throw all others aside as useless and hold ou to this? Surely this is the wisest plan. Take kindly care ot those who have done noticeable party service, lit or unlit, honest or dishon est. The aspirations lor ollice and the thirst for pi under is a sullicient bond of union. We tiud that the Democ-atie. party is commendable for its honesty, commendable for its liberality, and commendable for its wisdom and unity of purpose. Again, being tue only protectors of the palladiu'ii of liberty, civil lights and Anglo-Savm rule, they have a rig tit to cheat, steal and defraud at i he ballot b.. "Self-preservation is the first aw of nature." Truly the law says thou shait not steai. thou shalt not tie fraud thy neighbors of their U'ttlots, thou shalt not bear tadse witneso of the legal ballots cast, t his is the law und the law cannot lie violated without the gmlt of per jury in addition, liat self-preservation is a higher law. These guardi ans of our liberties, of our civil righ's, of Anglo-Saxon rule, (see Halifax couuty vote) by the grace of Ceid, are bom of the royal line and all government are given unto them. See, they are patriotic, too. The preachers say "hell is paved with good resolutions, but one angel is of more account than a thousand dev lis." -So one clean vote ought to weigh against many uglv votes. We huve not time to talk of th zeal of this royal race. It is warm, full and deep. But the Mormons auu. neatnens nave zeal quite as strong. Sq we heartily agree with Dr. Thompson in what be has said concerning the inward promptings or the tluiiocratic party. Hakkv IllXTOX. rESNSVLVAMA'S VOTE. Grow, After Ail. (ift 3l,(MiO Less than Hto rUun iu IWi VV lint It Vleuie.. (Special Correspondence.) Washington, D. C, March 1 J. The official announcement of the vote in Pennsylvania, whereby Grow wa? (elected congressman at-large by nearly 190.000 republican majority, has caused consternation on all sides The official count shows that while he has the majority claimed, yet there were 31,000 less votes cast for him than for President Harrison at the last election. One of the shrewdest politicians in congress was heard to remark that "It was a mighty good thing that the Populists had no money with which to organize and canvass that state for they would have carried it sure. and then there would have been the 'Old Harry' to pay in politics, sure enough." Grow did not get any where near a majority of the quali fied votes of Pennsylvania, and it shows that a majority of the state have no confidence in either of the old parties. The announcement of the official figures caused a great deal of taik among congressmen. A NEW SPECIES Or One Of The Old Steele With A New Label. (Washington Post.1 Senator Hill has amended :"t to read: "I am a Deniocrat-protection-ist-anti-cuckc o." ST S 7h CAUC-S AS FUC CTD ,-fl. - - . i w v to viciorv m .or ot;::a auu r uoiu ano cr :i;.-.r- I .. i . i . Iv ln-hof, dor not lie ai inJoriiri: t .eve.anu uiAtiv nomination that Were so r;rvou to all ii. IVnin. ctatji, nor iu ol-yin hi mandatr to out silver, enthrone gold ami pl -is' the money d.vil, Uir ill hi p Ley ast to Hawaii, or hi. l.a sin.'s toward- a ! ieh prote. uve UuS Th the fate of much writing that wrm ed to 1- on Democratic hrics, but the way to v ictorv in th:s State und in the .Viuth ii to sustain the l:t of the party, and to make the tight on th Chicago deliverance. Iu that Sign, if any. we shall conquer. "No man cm ha l thr iVnim ra. v in North Carolina to victory in IvJ who kicks the thieao platform from under his feet, stands u- th. f.ud tr.cnd of the oUbiigs. h-arn to u high prou-cuvc tana as the tinal out- ! come of DeiicH-ratic rev islon. oi S .in incoiiH ol all luvcsthcmoM in.t ! . . i ,,i i ; i "i an uie prihiurt or alnr ai well a and equal -and and a,,Ug,,ni,es the : llu. ,..rilin uf wig,.w,.rUr Thi lejK-al of he ten per cent tav uii ,,fr a-.pr..l . campa.cn Mate banks. I hat is our view, and it promiwn of the Democrat, and lie may go for w hat it is worth." il-1 pubheaus to n t..re cdver to th mihgton MtSsenger. ! place it occupied a a iii iucy metal The above proves that TilK Cvv- Asian bus Uvn right in warning the people against the schemes of the State machine. ,The ma chine now joins the Jieople in ron dcmiiig Cleveland. This is done to try to hold the people to the State machine. The only answer we wish nuike to the :i!kiv- is the following editoral which we published Nov. Id. warning the- people aluM,: "WAT II Til K ST ATI-: viachin ic" "During the last campaign we told the people that the Chicago plat form was a cowardly makeshift, and was written to deceive the jM-ople. This was indignantly denied by the Democratic speakers and politicians, but now every Democratic pajn-r iu the (except one) is making the same charge. Hut the people must watch these jiap-T's, they are not making this confession because they have under gone any change of heart, they are doing it to try to hold the confidence of the people so. they can foul them again. They .know that the people ire in oiM-n revolt against the gold bug policy of the administration, and that they themselves are losing their hold upon the people. The Democratic pditieiaus jind editors have caucased over the situation aud next decided that inasmuch as the have campaign w illjiot be a national one, that probably they can hold Un people to the machine by claiming that Cleveland has fooled them also. 1'hey want to hold the next legisla ture, and are willing to denounce Cleveland iu order to gain that point. They think if they can ke p the collar of the machine on the peo ple two years longer, that when "the next national campaign conies around that they cttu wipe up the people to support the next nominee of the Democratic party, even if another gold bug in disguise is nominated on another platform of double mean ing. Watch the State machine, it fooled you last year and is now abus ing Cleveland to try to keep thejH'o ple from crushing the machine in righteous indignation. The same motive that prompted the machine to misrepresent the facts last fall, prompts it now to denounce the ad ministration so us to hold your con fidence. They then magnified Cleve land with the bono of staying in power and holding oflice.s, they are now denouncing Cleveland with the same hope of staying in pwwer and holding oibces. W atch them. Lt- ernalvigilatice is the price of liber ty. ' THE TKItMS On Which Hie People' I'tarty Senators Will Vole for the WIShoii Hill. Must Itaise Kevetliie. Without lioliils. One of the People's Senators gives the following statement to a re porter of their position on the tariff bill : "Yes, we have held a caucus and this is what we have agreed to. W are unalterably opposed to all boun ties and subsidies, but we believe that the law giv ing a bounty on su gat. for a specil el numbers of years, was in the natute of a contract, and as the Populists are on principle op posed to any legislation iu the nature of the violation of a contract, and believe that whether these sugar bounties could be enforced iu the courts or not, the nation is morally bound to pay them. Therefore we will not vote tor the Wilson bill if it puts a duty oo sugar. We will not vote for it if the bounty law is re pealed. We will not vote for it it the income tax is stricken out. We will not vote for it unless it provides a revenue sufficient to run the irov erument, and leaves no excuse for the issue of more bonds." M It. PEiTKK S IMJITKV. Sfe Wants the Senate to Investigate Or tain Senatorial Corruption. (Washington D. C. March 10.) Senator Peffer, of Kansas, has taken ollicial cognizance of the re ports that several members of the Sen atejhavc been driving profitable bar gains by reason of their connection with the sub-committee re framing the Wilson bill, and quite unexpect edly yesterday offered a preamble and resolution reciting that city and ru ral newspapers have been printing statements that Senators, making use of their official knowledge, have been operating on the stock exchange in the shares of the sugar trust and that many of them have thus acquir ed large gains and profits, and dir ecting the appointment of a select committee of live Senators to investi gate subject. The National Watchman and The Caucasian both one year for $1.75. THE NATIONAL LOMMirrKE AS ArcfsS SSJ2 TO Th vours Of Th vSTfC STATSt?r Thj. CCWW TT MOM X fill I.KI 1 t I. Ihe Mrtl la . Um, a M.I Onlllnr IK ITaa . tl i.ihih ( a i A n . "1 U National Ke-uti o Commit-te- of th? lVopV. prtv ttiM! in tt-e ;tv of M. I..,u. n th.'.'ud o Pfb. and i oted t ho following d r : "The union f the !. let of th old partleu uuder irevT 'ledall.l and John Mi t mi .m ha forced Juwu the volume of the nrruUtinf iunli it m to the single v-.dJ MAiiJard, titer by enhancing the purehmtig .r , , . - r-' lh 'r,r" previous to the crone of lsT.l ha ini- been used to cuu tn mate that quity. I'lsTl Si'TI.V A Mr. UW AN I'ul.UV t't- M AM'KIi. "The t.icties of deceiving the peo ple by h a in issues, whi.-h have been so successful lit the past, lll be cm ployed to iiiituitmii tin. (jul.l Matid ard and retire greenback. The Hr.t ish policy of a single, gold Maudard sy stem of ti nance is contrary to eveiy principle of American independence; therefore we are opposed to any in tei national conference with foreign nations to regulate the tiu.iiici.tl pol icy of this country, but favor a li naucial system that is distinctly American. The success, of the D.-ui o Republican financial policy en slaves producers to reward absorlicri of wealth. VVAkMVO A ' i A I N ST M t'l.TI I'l.t F.U 1S MK. "The issue is made by the declar ation in the Ointha platform in favor of free coinage of gold and tlver at the ratio of 10 to 1, and the issuance of standard money exclusively by I he government without the intervention of banks. The success of the money power against the people ein only be secured hy multiplying issues with which the Democratic and Kepubli can wing of the gold combination can avoid submitting the question of money contraction to a vote of the people. tther reforms demanded by the Omaha platform are less merito rious because the old parties Itavw thrown olT the musk and made known their purposes to enslave the people by money contraction. "A declaration iu favor of the free and unlimited coinage of. both gold and silver at the ratio of (i to 1 and the direct issue by the government of legal tender standard paper money redeemable in debts and sulllrieiit volume to meet the legitimate de mauds of our growing population and in create in business, and which shall be sullicient to restore and maintain stability and general prices, would meet the issues presented by the gold combination.1' If the devil hid no servants in the churches the world would soon Ix converted. If plutocracy had no 1 servants among the people it would soon be overthrown. Mlt. (.1 IX. Kit I I I ItV IKVVI- l. lie Sie:ik of the Case of ('olleetor ) Mi llions, anil Ilia Iteciiiioneiii! a I lou tu 4 letelauit. Correspondent of the observer.) Ashcville, March K. An interview with Hon. H. A. Gudgcr, regarding the case of Collector Simmons, of the eastern district, is printed iu the Ci tizen this evening. M r. Gudger Inn lxen dangerously ill several mouths, but is now able to sit up aud hojM-s to get out soon. Paperu of all kinds have lieeii kept from him during his illnesF, and it was on Tuesday that ho first saw references iu the press to the Simmons matter. In answer to the question, "What alout the letter of Mr. Simmons?" Mr. Gud ger replied: T know nothing about it except as I hive he-en advised by friends in whom I have confidence. At jt gathering of prominent public east ern men at Morehcad City a few days alter Mr. Klias' appointment as collector and Mr. SiniiUonsr return from Washington, Mr. Simmon staU'd in answer to a question of Mr. Harry Skinner, of Greenville, that he went to Washington to ftee the President about westers app int mer.tji,and made the first figgestion to the President that he should appoint Mr. Olenn as district attorney and M r. Klias as collector, and that the appoitiment of Mr. Klias would give satisfaction to the western peoplo. Mr. Simmons said the Presideut was struck with the suggestion, and af ter discussion between the two, con cluded that would be the best course for him to take. Mr. Simmons then went to Senator Kinsoui'a hotel and detailed what had oceured at the White House, and - Senator Kinsoni jumped up, cracked his heels togeth er and, patting him on the shoulder, told Mr. Simmons that that was the best day's work be had ever done. "Mr. Skinner told me that Mr. Jesse Granger, of Kinton, an others, were present and heard this state ment by Mr. Simmons. I believe Mr. Skinner's story to be true, not only because he ia an honorable man, but from the further fact that I have since seen Mr. Simmons on the train and at the Yarboro House in lUleigh aud be made no explanation torn e," Teacher. "Xame some of the most important things existing to-day that were unknown a hundred years ago." i Tommy- "You and ma."
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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